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A ‘picture book’ about the future

An architect who sets up a company with an historian. Although it may not seem like the
most obvious combination, TU Delft alumnus and futurologist Edwin Gardner from Studio Monnik
chose to do just that. “You can’t think about the future without looking back twice as far into the past.”

Reliable internet

Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, offers the potential to manage financial affairs without the intervention of banks. It could also safeguard our privacy. TU Delft is working
hard on research in this field.

Make nuclear energy sustainable

Could we supplement a CO2-free energy supply by using sustainable and safe thorium reactors? Reactor physicist Jan Leen Kloosterman feels Europe should be investing in this.

Treating your disorder with electronic medicines

Increasing numbers of people now have a chip in their body which they can use to make
payments or check in to public transport. “It sounds futuristic, but the technology is not that extraordinary”, explains Prof. Wouter Serdijn. “My dog has something similar.”

TU Delft focuses on AI

TU Delft is intensifying its research into artificial intelligence, doubling its budget to €70 million per year, with 24 interdisciplinary AI labs.

‘It’s really a miracle that cancer doesn’t occur more’

In September she was officially awarded the Spinoza Prize of €2.5 million. The Spinoza Prize is the most prestigious award in Dutch science. What is it that drives Nynke Dekker, Professor of Molecular Physics?

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